A Ledger Blog

Techniques, tips, news and reports on saltwater fishing in Florida..

Capt. Joe Ward/Capt. Joe’s River Charters February 17, 2013 INSHORE – “You can look for a good redfish bite around the docks along Indian River Drive and also around the mangroves to the north of Queen’s Cove. Try a live shrimp, a soft plastic bait like a D.O.A. Shrimp in glow color, or a piece of cut ladyfish. You may also want to try a small, live crab if you can find them. Depending on the water temperature, you can look… Read More »

About This Blog

Ledger Staff Photographer Michael Wilson has been been an avid fisherman since the age of seven. His first freshwater fish was a carp caught on a dough ball when he still lived up North. His first saltwater fish was a mutton snapper caught from the old drawbridge at Islamorada in the Keys around the age of nine. He loves to combine fishing and photography and feels very lucky to have the opportunity to do so.

He is known in numerous internet forum fishing communities as SnookMook. Most people just call him Mookie. It’s a long story. It has something to do with baseball and the New York Mets. He’d rather tell ya a tall fish tale.

If you really want to know how he got the nickname Mookie, or want to add pounds and inches to a fishing report, e-mail him at snookmook1@aol.com